Ben Blue

Ben Blue

Born: September 12, 1901
Died: March 7, 1975
in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Movies for Ben Blue...

The Sky's the Limit
Title: The Sky's the Limit
Character: Ben
Released: January 19, 1975
Type: Movie
A family is thrown into turmoil when a grandson convinces his grandfather to teach him to fly.
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Title: Land of the Giants
Character: Moley
Released: September 22, 1968
Type: TV
Set fifteen years in the then-future year 1983, the series tells the tale of the crew and passengers of a sub-orbital transport ship named Spindrift. In the pilot episode, the Spindrift is en route from Los Angeles to London, on an ultra-fast sub-orbital flight. Just beyond Earth's boundary with space, the Spindrift encounters a magnetic space storm, and is dragged through a space warp to a mysterious planet where everything is twelve times larger than on Earth, whose inhabitants the Earthlings nickname "the Giants". The Spindrift crash-lands, and the damage renders it inoperable.
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Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Title: Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Character: Man with a Razor
Released: June 19, 1968
Type: Movie
When the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark, including Waldo Zane, a New York executive in the process of stealing a fortune from his company, and two people whose paths he's destined to cross, Broadway actress Margaret Garrison and her husband, Peter.
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Title: Accidental Family
Character: Hired Man
Released: September 15, 1967
Type: TV
Accidental Family is an American sitcom broadcast on NBC during the first part of the 1967-68 U.S. television season.
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A Guide for the Married Man
Title: A Guide for the Married Man
Character: Technical Adviser (Shoeless)
Released: May 25, 1967
Type: Movie
A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being caught.
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The Busy Body
Title: The Busy Body
Character: Felix Rose
Released: March 12, 1967
Type: Movie
Sid Caesar is a bumbling gopher to a mob boss who must recover a fortune in cash stowed in the suit of a corpse.
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The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Title: The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Character: Luther Grilk
Released: May 25, 1966
Type: Movie
When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant Rozanov, to get them moving again before there is an international incident. Rozanov seeks assistance from the island locals, including the police chief and a vacationing television writer, while trying to allay their fears of a Communist invasion by claiming he and his crew are Norwegian sailors.
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Title: The Dean Martin Show
Released: September 16, 1965
Type: TV
The Dean Martin Show, also known as The Dean Martin Variety Show, is a TV variety-comedy series that ran from 1965 to 1974 for 264 episodes. It was broadcast by NBC and hosted by entertainer Dean Martin. The theme song to the series was his 1964 hit "Everybody Loves Somebody."
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Title: The Hollywood Palace
Character: Self
Released: January 4, 1964
Type: TV
The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly on ABC from January 4, 1964 to February 7, 1970. Originally titled The Saturday Night Hollywood Palace, it began as a mid-season replacement for The Jerry Lewis Show, another variety show which had lasted only three months. It was staged in Hollywood at the former Hollywood Playhouse on Vine Street, which was renamed The Hollywood Palace during the show's duration and is today known as Avalon Hollywood. A little-known starlet named Raquel Welch was cast during the first season as the "Billboard Girl", who placed the names of the acts on a placard.
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Title: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Character: Biplane Pilot
Released: November 7, 1963
Type: Movie
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
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Title: The Jerry Lewis Show
Character: Self
Released: September 21, 1963
Type: TV
The Jerry Lewis Show is an American variety series hosted by Jerry Lewis that aired on ABC from September 21, 1963 to December 21, 1963. The variety series was originally supposed to be 40 episodes long but only 13 episodes aired due to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963.
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Title: Harrigan and Son
Released: October 14, 1960
Type: TV
Harrigan and Son is an ABC sitcom about a father-and-son team of lawyers, played by Pat O'Brien and Roger Perry as Jim Harrigan, Sr., and Jim, Jr. In supporting roles, as secretaries, are Georgine Darcy as Gypsy and Helen Kleeb as Miss Claridge. The series aired 34 episodes at 8 p.m. Eastern Time on Fridays from October 14, 1960, to September 29, 1961. It preceded ABC's cartoon series, The Flintstones. Its competition was the second half of the CBS Western, Rawhide. For the first half of the season, Harrigan and Son aired opposite the detective series Dan Raven, starring Skip Homeier. The series premiere is titled "Junior Joins the Law Firm". The finale is called "The Testimonial". Harrigan and Son was owned and produced by Desilu Production. A running gimmick in the show consisted of Harrigan, Sr., commenting on some situation in Latin, Harrigan, Jr., replying, "Which means?", and Harrigan, Sr., translating his comment, usually humorous, into English. The closing of show featured O'Brien and Perry, in silhouette behind the credits, singing the old George M. Cohan song, "Harrigan".
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Title: Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Character: Self
Released: July 29, 1957
Type: TV
Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired during late-night. During most of its run it was broadcast from Studio 6B inside the RCA Building. The same studio would also host early episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Its theme song was an instrumental version of "Everything's Coming Up Roses", and the closing theme was "So Until I See You" by Al Lerner.
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Title: The Jack Benny Program
Character: Shandu the Magician
Released: October 28, 1950
Type: TV
Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular performers from his radio show days.
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Title: The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character: Self
Released: September 10, 1950
Type: TV
The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.
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One Sunday Afternoon
Title: One Sunday Afternoon
Character: Nick
Released: December 25, 1948
Type: Movie
The third film version of James Hagan's play, this time with songs added, starring Dennis Morgan as a dentist who marries patient and loyal Dorothy Malone despite his constant infatuation with sexy flirt Janis Paige. Filmed previously in 1933 ("One Sunday Afternoon") and 1941 ("The Strawberry Blonde").
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Blow-Ups of 1947
Title: Blow-Ups of 1947
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1947
Type: Movie
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1947.
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My Wild Irish Rose
Title: My Wild Irish Rose
Character: Hopper
Released: December 24, 1947
Type: Movie
Musical biography of Irish 19th century tenor Chauncey Olcott.
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Easy to Wed
Title: Easy to Wed
Character: Spike Dolan
Released: July 25, 1946
Type: Movie
When a newspaper accuses a wealthy socialite of being a homewrecker, she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit. The publication's frazzled head editor now must find a way to discredit her.
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Two Sisters from Boston
Title: Two Sisters from Boston
Character: Wrigley
Released: June 6, 1946
Type: Movie
Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New York. In reality, she works at a burlesque house and is billed as High-C Susie. When her sister Martha comes for a visit, Abigail tries to hide the truth from her.
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Badminton
Title: Badminton
Character: Bellamy B. Birdbrain
Released: December 8, 1945
Type: Movie
Two expert badminton players demonstrate how the best play the game, including some slick trick shots. Meanwhile, befuddled bungler Bellamy B. Birdbrain bumbles his way through building a backyard badminton court. (This film is played in its entirety in MGM's short feature "The Great Morgan")
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The Great Morgan
Title: The Great Morgan
Character: Bellamy B. Birdbrain in Badminton (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1945
Type: Movie
Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by splicing together a string of completely unrelated short subjects and musical numbers, interspersed with a repeated loop of a scene from some melodrama. (Contains in their entirety the shorts, "Musical Masterpieces," "Our Old Car," and "Badminton," as well as clips from other projects)
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Two Girls and a Sailor
Title: Two Girls and a Sailor
Character: Ben
Released: June 14, 1944
Type: Movie
A sailor helps two sisters start up a service canteen. The sailor soon becomes taken with gorgeous sister Jean, unaware that her sibling Patsy is also in love with him.
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Broadway Rhythm
Title: Broadway Rhythm
Character: Felix Gross
Released: January 19, 1944
Type: Movie
Broadway producer Johnny Demming is only interested in big-name talent and scoffs that his sister, father and other small-time talent could be used in a successful show.
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Thousands Cheer
Title: Thousands Cheer
Character: Chuck Polansky
Released: September 13, 1943
Type: Movie
Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her father. Eddie's also plagued by fear of having an accident during his family's trapeze act in the army variety show, which also features a gallery of MGM stars.
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For Me and My Gal
Title: For Me and My Gal
Character: Sid Simms
Released: October 21, 1942
Type: Movie
Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.
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Panama Hattie
Title: Panama Hattie
Character: Rowdy
Released: September 30, 1942
Type: Movie
Sailors and spies mingle in between the acts at Hattie's nightclub in the Canal Zone.
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Paris Honeymoon
Title: Paris Honeymoon
Character: Sitska
Released: January 27, 1939
Type: Movie
A Texas millionaire travels to Europe to meet his girlfriend, a European countess. He stops in a rustic mountain village and meets a beautiful peasant girl. He falls in love with her, then must decide if he wants her or the rich countess.
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Cocoanut Grove
Title: Cocoanut Grove
Character: Joe De Lemma
Released: May 20, 1938
Type: Movie
Band tries to get an audition for a job at a prestigious nightclub.
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College Swing
Title: College Swing
Character: Ben Volt
Released: April 29, 1938
Type: Movie
Gracie Alden tries to graduate from college to get an inheritance.
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The Big Broadcast of 1938
Title: The Big Broadcast of 1938
Character: Mike
Released: February 11, 1938
Type: Movie
The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.
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Thrill of a Lifetime
Title: Thrill of a Lifetime
Character: Skipper
Released: December 3, 1937
Type: Movie
"Howdy" Nelson believes there is no such think as real love and that romance can be cooked up between any eligible persons (of the opposite sex.) He is so imbued with the idea that he has established a summer camp for that reason,and has written a play on the subject. The Yacht Club Boys visit the camp, misrepresenting themselves as Broadway producers, and the talented guest of the camp put on Nelson's play...which all ends up with a lot of marriage mating; Judy and Skipper, Betty Jane and Stanley and...Gwen and "Howdy,' the guy who was positive there was no such thing as true love.
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Artists & Models
Title: Artists & Models
Character: Jupiter Pluvius
Released: August 4, 1937
Type: Movie
An ad man gets his model girlfriend to pose as a debutante for a new campaign.
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High, Wide and Handsome
Title: High, Wide and Handsome
Character: Zeke
Released: July 21, 1937
Type: Movie
The setting is a small town in 1870s Pennsylvania. Sally Waterson and her father have stopped in town with their traveling medicine show, but when their wagon catches fire, they find themselves stranded. They're taken in by Mrs. Cortlandt and her grandson, Peter, who is trying to set up a pipeline that will supply oil throughout the state. Sally and Peter soon fall in love and marry. Neither their marriage nor Peter's pipe dreams flow too smoothly.
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Turn Off the Moon
Title: Turn Off the Moon
Character: Luke
Released: May 14, 1937
Type: Movie
Department store owner J. Elliott Dinwiddy has waited ten years for the perfect astrological moment to propose to his secretary, Myrtle Tweep. His astrological advisor, Dr. Wakefield, has told him that if he can unite a boy and a girl in true love before midnight, he can propose to Myrtle the following night at 3:15 a.m. and she will accept. Fate brings unemployed dancer Caroline Wilson into the music department of Dinwiddy's, where she meets handsome songwriter Terry Keith. Keith has been writing music for Dinwiddy's Silver Jubilee show and has allowed Dinwiddy's nephew, Truelove Spencer, to take all the credit. That night, Terry comes into Dinwiddy's to work on the music and finds Caroline asleep in the Honeymoon Cottage, the section of the department store Spencer supervises. Posing as a man named "Pinky," Dinwiddy promises Caroline that Spencer will hire her as the bride of the Honeymoon Cottage and invites her to live there.
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College Holiday
Title: College Holiday
Character: Electrician
Released: December 19, 1936
Type: Movie
College students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.
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Follow Your Heart
Title: Follow Your Heart
Character: Himself
Released: August 10, 1936
Type: Movie
An eccentric musical family is kept in order by a talented daughter with modest ambitions.
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Daredevil O'Dare
Title: Daredevil O'Dare
Character: Elmer O'Dare
Released: August 11, 1934
Type: Movie
Elmer O'Dare fancies himself an expert circus performer.
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Very Close Veins
Title: Very Close Veins
Character: Ben
Released: April 14, 1934
Type: Movie
Ben Blue has "the largest vein in the country," but not the kind that the gold prospectors in Alaska think he's got!
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Here Comes Flossie!
Title: Here Comes Flossie!
Character: Handyman
Released: December 9, 1933
Type: Movie
A clumsy handyman mixes up a mail-order bride and a prize cow, both named "Flossie," with humorous results.
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The Rummy
Title: The Rummy
Character: The Rummy
Released: June 9, 1933
Type: Movie
After Billy gets discharged for wrecking his Taxi, he takes a job at a Taxidermy business. Ben brings in his flea to be stuffed & loses it. They get locked in at night and are frightened.
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Call Her Sausage
Title: Call Her Sausage
Character: Benny
Released: May 12, 1933
Type: Movie
Ben proves to be the undoing when Billy opens a new deli. Ben and Billy do a variation of the famous "who's on first" skit.
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Taxi Barons
Title: Taxi Barons
Character: Ben
Released: March 31, 1933
Type: Movie
After running over a police officer's motorcycle, Ben and Billy are chased by the law onto a docked ship where they disguise themselves as a European baron and general. In the same guises they then invade a high society party with the gendarmes in close pursuit.
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Wreckety Wrecks
Title: Wreckety Wrecks
Character: Ben
Released: February 18, 1933
Type: Movie
When the boys run over a dummy, they think they've killed someone. They decide to dispose of the "body" and mistake a seminary for a cemetery.
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Bring 'Em Back a Wife
Title: Bring 'Em Back a Wife
Character: Ben / Mrs. Gilbert
Released: January 13, 1933
Type: Movie
When Billy must prove that he's married in order to keep his job, he disguises Ben in drag in an attempt to pass him off as the little woman.
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Taxi for Two
Title: Taxi for Two
Character: Ben Blue
Released: December 3, 1932
Type: Movie
Billy and Ben continually make a mess of things, having multiple accidents with their Taxi.
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Hot Spot
Title: Hot Spot
Character: Cabbie
Released: September 21, 1932
Type: Movie
When the boys end up with a half-naked woman in their cab, trouble ensues when her jealous husband appears.
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Strange Innertube
Title: Strange Innertube
Character: Ben
Released: September 16, 1932
Type: Movie
After graduating from Taxi Driver school, Billy, Ben, and Clyde soon find themselves involved with a gang of jewel smugglers.
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The Arcadians
Title: The Arcadians
Character: Smith / 'Simplicitas'
Released: October 1, 1927
Type: Movie
'Club-owner crashes plane in Arcady, land of truth and beauty.' (British Film Catalogue)